“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 2,000 young, seemingly healthy people under age 25 in the United States die each year of sudden cardiac arrest.”
I would be curious how long this info has been available to the general public.
Probably about the time the CDC redefined what a vaccine is.
There has been a lot of misinformation posted on this in 2021 (including the CDC) making it sound common.
The fact is, it is NOT common, especially in the past decade in which many pediatricians are screening for heart issues for athletic physicals.
Look up studies PRE 2021 and you will get a different picture. For example this one:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7542928/
Data sources
Database searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane library (all inception to current) on 29 April 2019 (updated 16 November 2019), and forward/backward citation tracking of eligible studies.
Study eligibility criteria
All studies that reported incidence of sudden cardiac death in young individuals (12–39 years) in a general population, with no restriction on language or date. Planned subgroups were incidence by age, sex, race and athletic status (including military personnel).
Data extraction
Two reviewers independently assessed study eligibility, extracted study data and assessed risk of bias using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist for prevalence studies.
Analysis
Reported incidence of sudden cardiac death in the young per 100 000 person-years.
Results
38 studies that reported incidence across five continents. We identified substantial heterogeneity in population, sudden cardiac death definition, and case ascertainment methods, precluding meta-analysis. Median reported follow-up years was 6.97 million (IQR 2.34 million–23.70 million) and number of sudden cardiac death cases was 64 (IQR 40–251). In the general population, the median of reported incidence was 1.7 sudden cardiac death per 100 000 person-years (IQR 1.3–2.6, range 0.75–11.9). Most studies (n=14, 54%) reported an incidence between one and two cases per 100 000 person-years. Incidence was higher in males and older individuals.
Conclusions
This systematic review identified variability in the reported incidence of sudden cardiac death in the young across studies. Most studies reported an incidence between one and two cases per 100 000 person-years.
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